Sweet Spots: Midwest Bakery Recipes

Incredibly Delicious in Springfield, Illinois, bakes chocolate puff pastry for this recipe. We simplified the original recipe with an easy-to-make piecrustlike pastry layered with a sweet-creamy mocha-mascarpone filling.

Patrick Groth, owner-chef of Incredibly Delicious, says these ingredients should be mixed and placed in the oven as quickly as possible for best flavor. "We sell these at the local farmers market. They are really good with fresh whipped cream and berries," Patrick says.

"The lemon curd is one of our favorite workhorses," says Patrick Groth of Incredibly Delicious in Springfield, Illinois. "My mother, who has worked for us for the last 16 years, is the only one who makes it. Hers is perfect, tart and smooth."